Science Databases
(see also
Astronomy & Space Technology,
Biological Sciences,
Botany & Agriculture,
Chemistry,
Computer Science,
Earth Sciences,
Environment,
Health Sciences--Articles,
Health Sciences--Reference Books,
Marine Science,
Mathematics,
Nursing & Allied Health,
Technology,
Zoology, and
General)
[Indexes]
[Online Books]
- Indexes to Journals and Books:
- LIUCat
on the Web:
- The online public access catalog of Long Island University's
six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.
- Scopus
SciVerse (Elsevier)
- Provides abstracts and citation data for peer-reviewed literature and quality web
sources in the scientific, medical, social science, and humanities fields.
Includes 19,000 journals from more than 5,000 international publishers, 400 trade publications,
and 300 book series, as well as scientific web pages, patent records, and conference papers.
Citation tracking features provide the number of citations an author, article, or journal has
received each year and in total, along with who is citing them. An affiliation identifier automatically
identifies and matches an organization with all of its research output.
- Science
Online (AAAS)
- Provides the full text of the journal, Science, published by the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, from 1997 to present. Includes research
reports, news stories, and commentary articles, along with additional information, links,
multimedia, and user services, as well as a database of scientific-product information.
The online ScienceNOW news service provides brief breaking news stories daily.
- Bioethics
Research Library (Georgetown University)
- Provides interdisciplinary coverage of ethical issues related to health care,
biomedical research, biotechnology, and the environment. Includes
ETHXWeb
with citations to literature on bioethics and professional ethics;
GenETHX with
citations to literature on ethics and public policy issues in genetics;
Islamic Medical and Scientific Ethics
with citations to literature on Islamic medical and scientific ethics covering attitudes and
practices on ethical issues within the Muslim world;
International Bioethics Organizations
with information on the resources and programs of organizations focusing primarily on
ethics in medicine and scientific research;
Syllabus Exchange
with descriptions of bioethics syllabi for semester-length classes, seminars, and continuing
education courses from high school through graduate education; and
Thesaurus for Bioethics
which lists the keywords used to index the bioethics literature.
- Conference
Papers Index (ProQuest)
- Provides citations to papers and poster sessions
presented at major scientific meetings around the world.
Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences,
environmental sciences, and the aquatic sciences, including
biology, agriculture, chemistry, forestry and more. Older material
also covers physics, engineering and materials science.
Covers 1982 to the present.
- DTIC Online
(Defense Technical Information Center)
- Formerly Public STINET: Scientific & Technical Information Network, this provides
citations to and full text of unclassified technical documents and research
reports generated for and by the
U.S. Department of Defense that broadly cover all areas
associated with defense research, such as military, security, international politics, technology, sciences,
biology, medicine, environment, pollution, psychology, social sciences, patents,
conference proceedings, and more. Includes citations from the Air University
Library Index to Military Periodicals, Staff College Automated Military Periodical
Index, DoD Index to Specifications and Standards, and Research and
Development Descriptive Summaries. Produced by the
Defense Technical Information Center.
- ScienceDirect
(Elsevier)
- Collection of full-text journals covering science, medicine,
technology, business, social sciences, and more.
- Online Encyclopedias and Books:
General -
Biography & History -
Physics -
Science & Society
- General:
- Gale
Encyclopedia of Science (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Covers major areas of science including: biology, genetics, microbiology,
astronomy, chemistry, physics, engineering, technology, geology, weather, archaeology,
psychology, mathematics, and medicine. 6 volumes.
- Science
of Everyday Things (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Illustrates the importance of scientific and mathematical principles through
their use in everyday life. Each of the four volumes focuses on a specific scientific discipline -
biology, chemistry, earth sciences, and physics - offering students an in-depth understanding
of each discipline and its theories.
- ebrary (ebrary)
- Currently
offers over 25,000 full-text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports, and other authoritative documents from more
than 180 leading academic, trade, and professional publishers. The collections are particularly strong in
business, economics, education, computers, technology, science, medicine, history,
language, literature, humanities, politics, and social sciences. Publishers include The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Random House, Penguin Classics, Taylor
& Francis, Yale University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Greenwood, and more
(more information).
- Biography and History:
(See also: Biography and
History)
- Cambridge
Dictionary of Scientists (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Covers over 1,500 key scientists from 40 countries. Fields
represented include physics, chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy,
mathematics, medicine, meteorology, and technology. Special attention
paid to pioneering women, recent Nobel Prizewinners, and winners of the
Fields Medal for mathematics.
- Cambridge
Historical Dictionary of Disease (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Interdisciplinary histories and descriptions of the world's major
diseases, past and present, from AIDS to yellow fever.
- Complete
Dictionary of Scientific Biography (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides information on the history of science through articles on the
professional lives of scientists. All periods of science from classical antiquity to
modern times are represented.
- Science
and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- The histories of science, technology, and mathematics merge with the study of
humanities and social science to offer students a fascinating way to understand the impact of
science on the course of human history and how science affects everyday life.
- Science in Dispute (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- vol.01,
vol.02,
vol.03.
Explores controversial topics in science and technology by featuring essays - both pro and con -
on the major theories, ethical questions and commercial applications of science from all disciplines. 3 volumes.
- Physics:
- Building
Blocks of Matter: A Supplement to the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Covers elementary particle physics, reviewing all observed and theoretical
particles known to date. Discusses the history of each particle's discovery and function,
current research, practical applications (both hypothetical and actual), and provides biographical
entries of significant scientists working in the field.
- Science and Society:
- Bioethics
Research Library (Georgetown University)
- Provides interdisciplinary coverage of ethical issues related to health care,
biomedical research, biotechnology, and the environment. Includes
ETHXWeb
with citations to literature on bioethics and professional ethics;
GenETHX with
citations to literature on ethics and public policy issues in genetics;
Islamic Medical and Scientific Ethics
with citations to literature on Islamic medical and scientific ethics covering attitudes and
practices on ethical issues within the Muslim world;
International Bioethics Organizations
with information on the resources and programs of organizations focusing primarily on
ethics in medicine and scientific research;
Syllabus Exchange
with descriptions of bioethics syllabi for semester-length classes, seminars, and continuing
education courses from high school through graduate education; and
Thesaurus for Bioethics
which lists the keywords used to index the bioethics literature.
- Encyclopedia
of Bioethics (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in Biotechnology
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Science and Religion (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Science, Technology, and Ethics (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Science
and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- The histories of science, technology, and mathematics merge with the study of
humanities and social science to offer students a fascinating way to understand the impact of
science on the course of human history and how science affects everyday life.
- Science in Dispute (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- vol.01,
vol.02,
vol.03.
Explores controversial topics in science and technology by featuring essays - both pro and con -
on the major theories, ethical questions and commercial applications of science from all disciplines. 3 volumes.
Database descriptions are adapted from each database's website.
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